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Helping hand: Kenyan athletes who gained from golden hearts

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After stunning the world with their big hearts, some Kenyan athletes have also benefitted from selfless acts from foreign athletes.

In 2013, former 3000m steeplechase Olympic bronze medallist Abel Mutai got a boost from Spanish athlete Iván Fernández’s big heart.

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